Dark Sky Reborn

Repo: DarkSkyReborn

Reviving my favorite weather app

11/18/2024

In November 2024, with the help of Qwen2.5 Coder running on my laptop, I wrote an iOS tweak that made the Dark Sky app usable again. The process went surprisingly smoothly, showing just how powerful LLMs can be when given the right context.

Tools I used:

  1. LM Studio
    • LM Studio is an application that lets you run LLMs locally. I used it to download and run Qwen2.5 Coder.
  2. AutoFLEX
    • This tool shows you the internals of a running iOS app, letting you inspect network requests
  3. The Pirate Weather API
    • The website described it as a "drop-in replacement for the Dark Sky API", so I knew it would be perfect for this project.
  4. Theos and TheosJailed
    • Theos is used to make iOS tweaks, and TheosJailed is a module for it that lets you install them on non-jailbroken iOS devices.